In a competitive situation, Universal Pictures has acquired an untitled cop comedy spec script from "Cougartown" producer Blake McCormick, setting it up with the studio's "American Reunion" helmers Jon Hurwitz and Hayden Schlossberg to produce and helm.

Kaplan/Perrone took out the script and Universal made their interest known over the weekend, closing a deal Tuesday night.

Story follows two best friends who, dressed as cops for a costume party, are mistaken for real officers and forced to take a dangerous criminal back to the police station.